run_command: add env kwarg

docs/markdown/External-commands.md

@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ output = r.stdout().strip()
 errortxt = r.stderr().strip()
 ```
 
+Additionally, since 0.50.0, you can pass the command [`environment`](Reference-manual.html#environment-object) object:
+
+```meson
+env = environment()
+env.set('FOO', 'bar')
+run_command('command', 'arg1', 'arg2', env: env)
+```
+
 The `run_command` function returns an object that can be queried for
 return value and text written to stdout and stderr. The `strip` method
 call is used to strip trailing and leading whitespace from

docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md

@@ -1183,12 +1183,14 @@ and Meson will set three environment variables `MESON_SOURCE_ROOT`,
 directory, build directory and subdirectory the target was defined in,
 respectively.
 
-This function has one keyword argument.
+This function supports the following keyword arguments:
 
  - `check` takes a boolean. If `true`, the exit status code of the command will
    be checked, and the configuration will fail if it is non-zero. The default is
    `false`.
    Since 0.47.0
+ - `env` an [environment object](#environment-object) to use a custom environment
+   Since 0.50.0
 
 See also [External commands](External-commands.md).
 
@@ -2175,7 +2177,7 @@ and has the following methods:
 This object is returned by [`environment()`](#environment) and stores
 detailed information about how environment variables should be set
 during tests. It should be passed as the `env` keyword argument to
-tests. It has the following methods.
+tests and other functions. It has the following methods.
 
 - `append(varname, value1, value2, ...)` appends the given values to
   the old value of the environment variable, e.g.  `env.append('FOO',

docs/markdown/snippets/run_command_env.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## `run_command` accepts `env` kwarg
+
+You can pass [`environment`](Reference-manual.html#environment-object) object to [`run_command`](Reference-manual.html#run-command), just like to `test`:
+
+```meson
+env = environment()
+env.set('FOO', 'bar')
+run_command('command', 'arg1', 'arg2', env: env)
+```

mesonbuild/interpreter.py

@@ -143,21 +143,21 @@ class TryRunResultHolder(InterpreterObject):
 
 class RunProcess(InterpreterObject):
 
-    def __init__(self, cmd, args, source_dir, build_dir, subdir, mesonintrospect, in_builddir=False, check=False, capture=True):
+    def __init__(self, cmd, args, env, source_dir, build_dir, subdir, mesonintrospect, in_builddir=False, check=False, capture=True):
         super().__init__()
         if not isinstance(cmd, ExternalProgram):
             raise AssertionError('BUG: RunProcess must be passed an ExternalProgram')
         self.capture = capture
-        pc, self.stdout, self.stderr = self.run_command(cmd, args, source_dir, build_dir, subdir, mesonintrospect, in_builddir, check)
+        pc, self.stdout, self.stderr = self.run_command(cmd, args, env, source_dir, build_dir, subdir, mesonintrospect, in_builddir, check)
         self.returncode = pc.returncode
         self.methods.update({'returncode': self.returncode_method,
                              'stdout': self.stdout_method,
                              'stderr': self.stderr_method,
                              })
 
-    def run_command(self, cmd, args, source_dir, build_dir, subdir, mesonintrospect, in_builddir, check=False):
+    def run_command(self, cmd, args, env, source_dir, build_dir, subdir, mesonintrospect, in_builddir, check=False):
         command_array = cmd.get_command() + args
-        env = {'MESON_SOURCE_ROOT': source_dir,
+        menv = {'MESON_SOURCE_ROOT': source_dir,
                 'MESON_BUILD_ROOT': build_dir,
                 'MESON_SUBDIR': subdir,
                 'MESONINTROSPECT': ' '.join([shlex.quote(x) for x in mesonintrospect]),
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ class RunProcess(InterpreterObject):
         else:
             cwd = os.path.join(source_dir, subdir)
         child_env = os.environ.copy()
-        child_env.update(env)
+        child_env.update(menv)
+        child_env = env.get_env(child_env)
         stdout = subprocess.PIPE if self.capture else subprocess.DEVNULL
         mlog.debug('Running command:', ' '.join(command_array))
         try:
@@ -1954,7 +1955,7 @@ permitted_kwargs = {'add_global_arguments': {'language', 'native'},
                     'install_subdir': {'exclude_files', 'exclude_directories', 'install_dir', 'install_mode', 'strip_directory'},
                     'jar': build.known_jar_kwargs,
                     'project': {'version', 'meson_version', 'default_options', 'license', 'subproject_dir'},
-                    'run_command': {'check', 'capture'},
+                    'run_command': {'check', 'capture', 'env'},
                     'run_target': {'command', 'depends'},
                     'shared_library': build.known_shlib_kwargs,
                     'shared_module': build.known_shmod_kwargs,
@@ -2259,6 +2260,7 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
                 if not isinstance(actual, wanted):
                     raise InvalidArguments('Incorrect argument type.')
 
+    @FeatureNewKwargs('run_command', '0.50.0', ['env'])
     @FeatureNewKwargs('run_command', '0.47.0', ['check', 'capture'])
     @permittedKwargs(permitted_kwargs['run_command'])
     def func_run_command(self, node, args, kwargs):
@@ -2277,6 +2279,8 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
         if not isinstance(check, bool):
             raise InterpreterException('Check must be boolean.')
 
+        env = self.unpack_env_kwarg(kwargs)
+
         m = 'must be a string, or the output of find_program(), files() '\
             'or configure_file(), or a compiler object; not {!r}'
         if isinstance(cmd, ExternalProgramHolder):
@@ -2326,7 +2330,7 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
                 if not a.startswith('..'):
                     if a not in self.build_def_files:
                         self.build_def_files.append(a)
-        return RunProcess(cmd, expanded_args, srcdir, builddir, self.subdir,
+        return RunProcess(cmd, expanded_args, env, srcdir, builddir, self.subdir,
                           self.environment.get_build_command() + ['introspect'],
                           in_builddir=in_builddir, check=check, capture=capture)
 

test cases/common/36 run program/meson.build

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ ret = run_command(py3, '-c', 'print("some output")', capture : false)
 assert(ret.returncode() == 0, 'failed to run python3: ' + ret.stderr())
 assert(ret.stdout() == '', 'stdout is "@0@" instead of empty'.format(ret.stdout()))
 
+c_env = environment()
+c_env.append('CUSTOM_ENV_VAR', 'FOOBAR')
+ret = run_command(py3, '-c', 'import os; print(os.environ.get("CUSTOM_ENV_VAR"))', env : c_env)
+assert(ret.returncode() == 0, 'failed to run python3: ' + ret.stderr())
+assert(ret.stdout() == 'FOOBAR\n', 'stdout is "@0@" instead of FOOBAR'.format(ret.stdout()))
+
 dd = find_program('dd', required : false)
 if dd.found()
   ret = run_command(dd, 'if=/dev/urandom', 'bs=10', 'count=1', capture: false)